Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at O'Day Tank & Steel LLC
Start: 6/7/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017065169 · 6/7/2017 · O'Day Tank & Steel LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Methyl ethyl ketone
Secondary source: Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name: O'Day Tank & Steel LLC
Location: 2420 First Avenue North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
NAICS: 332420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a paint gun using MEK (methyl ethyl ketone), when the high-pressure stream of MEK was injected into his left palm, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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